[mythtv-users] OT IR receiver Extensions and Furniture.

[Phil Bridges]

On 2/2/07, R. G. Newbury <newbury at mandamus.org> wrote:
> I was looking at some TV furniture with my wife. Everything she liked
> had a solid front, thus completely hiding the mythbox, amplifier, (now
> defunct) VCR and CD player. I like the look too, but there is this
> problem of getting the remote's IR signal inside to the correct place.
>
> Does anyone know of a method of 'light-piping' an IR signal from the
> oustide of a piece of furniture to the correct spot inside.
>
> Would it be possible to feed the signal using, for example a digital
> TOSlink, or an LED lightpipe or even strands of optical fibre.
>
> I am thinking that I might be able to get away with a rod like section
> of glass, or clear plastic, through the door, but it is unlikely that
> the best place for a hole in the door, lines up with a receiver.
>
> Wild ideas always accepted. (But those espousing a radio based remote
> might be deprecated as I have not yet seen an acceptable one...)
>
> Geoff
>

How about using one of these? http://tinyurl.com/2xw3te  It converts
your IR remote to RF.  The people I've chatted with that have one
really like it.